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    "id": 625869,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the bigger picture of the issue of division of revenue is that it reduces the flexibility of what Government can do for its people in that we are giving over 30 per cent to the counties in amounts that are so huge, yet we are not allocating those resources to specific projects. This is resulting in our counties over employing. In fact, the kind of salaries that some county governments pay their employees compared to salaries paid to people holding similar positions in the national Government are three times more. I strongly support the idea of ensuring that money going to county governments for devolved activities should be earmarked for specific activities especially in the health sector."
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